Release/1.8.1

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Release PR for version 1.8.1, following the release process: bumps the version to 1.8.1 and updates the CHANGELOG.

What's Changed

• Bring the LiveObjects implementation into line with the reconciled objects spec and reorganise the shared unified test suite (UTS) infrastructure #1228. Inbound operation handling is hardened so a single malformed operation no longer discards its batch siblings, a missing counter number/count is now representable and behaves consistently across transports, and the channel-state data lifecycle (RTO27) and root-object safeguards (RTO10c1b1/RTLO4e10) are honoured. Alongside this, :uts becomes a shared test-infra module and the spec-derived UTS suites move into the modules that own the code they exercise. This work was delivered through the following PRs:
  • Make :uts a shared test-infra module and move UTS suites to their owning modules #1231
  • Make :uts a shared test-infra module, move UTS suites to owning modules, and add objects spec-conformance #1229

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved LiveObjects alignment with the reconciled objects specification.
  • Prevented malformed inbound operations from discarding valid operations in the same batch.
  • Standardized missing counter values across supported transports.
  • Improved channel-state data handling and safeguards for root objects.

• Documentation

  • Updated installation and Android AAR examples to use version 1.8.1.
  • Added release notes for version 1.8.1.

• Release

  • Published SDK version 1.8.1.

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• CHANGELOG.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• README.md
• gradle.properties
• lib/src/test/java/io/ably/lib/test/realtime/RealtimeHttpHeaderTest.java

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Walkthrough

The project version changed from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1. Release notes, dependency examples, the Android AAR example, and the realtime header test were updated to match.

Changes

1.8.1 Release Metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define the 1.8.1 release gradle.properties, CHANGELOG.md	The project version and changelog now identify release 1.8.1.
Propagate the release version README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, lib/src/test/java/io/ably/lib/test/realtime/RealtimeHttpHeaderTest.java	Dependency examples, the Android AAR example, and the realtime agent header expectation now use version 1.8.1.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ef4c0

This release metadata update consistently moves the project version, installation examples, changelog, and realtime client-header expectation to 1.8.1. No current merge-readiness risk remains.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies this pull request as the release for version 1.8.1, which matches the main change.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (4 skipped: 4 …
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